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Distinguished Alumni of Excellence Award Recipients
1983
William K. Jackson '61
Thomas R. McGehee '46
Fred B. Noble '67/'74/'77
R. Hudson Olliff '47
Roger W. Strickland '63
1984
Nancy N. Nystrom '69
Jesse S. Robertson, Jr. '60
1985
William L. Durden '43
Linda Gartner Ginsberg '63
1986
Billie N. Nimnicht, Jr. '63
Catherine Parker Bruce '62
1987
1988
John E. Santora, Jr. '47
Marvin C. Wells, Jr. '73
1989
Arnold Tritt '54
James F. Tullis '65
1990
George A. Winterling '56
John E. Milstead '60
1991
Frank A. Pace ’73
C. William Curtis, Jr. ’61/'68
1992
Jay Thomas Terrell '72
Artis Gilmore '71
1993
Donna Kellam Hulsey '68
Spencer Robinson, Jr. '69
1994/95
1995/96
John G. Harrison III ’67
John A. Sullivan '61
1996/97
Carolyn Munro Wilson ’69/'77/'89
1997/98
Michael Cascone, Jr. '65
Judy Whitter Frey '72/'85
1998/99
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Elizabeth DePeri '88
Vice Admiral David Dorsett '78
2009
Ken Underwood '81
Carole Poindexter '77
2010
Jim Dalton '83
Nina Waters '80
2011
2012
2013
2014.
2015
2016
Mike Mittelman ’75
Andy Moran ’78
Linda Berry Stein ’69
2017
2018
Mike Freed ’90
Leonard Giarraputo ’67
Frances Giarraputo ’68
2019
George Hodges '64
Bob Maisch '80
Jan Alexander Maisch '82/'86
Mike Santarone EMBA '99
2020
Aaron Bean ’89
Dr. Elaine Borne ’93/’14
Nathaniel Ford, Sr. EMBA ’17
Dr. George Sackman ’52
2021
Cindy Chomiak '83
Marty Chomiak '81/84
Salem Hassan '03
Dave Rock '92
Chuck Wodehouse and Camilla Wodehouse (Honorary)
2022
Alex Boylan '99
Mag Black-Scott MBA '84
Colonel David R. Scott (Honorary)
2023
Andy Allen '03
Cindy Edelman M.A. '97
Patty Donahoo and John Donahoo, Jr. (John, posthumously)
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